Before five star hotels and personal jets, before regular hotels and economy class seats, even before Motel 6 and tour buses, there is the "tour van". The mobile circus that serves as transportation, bunk bed, dinner table, and rec room for hundreds of hungry young musicians.In 2009, music photographer Adam PW Smith flew to England to spend a week touring with the Vancouver-based celtic-gypsy-polka-cider-punk band The Dreadnoughts in the middle of their first European tour. Smith was in the thick of it, suffering all the standard indignities but one. The result is a book that reveals much about life as a young, touring band who bring real meaning back to the DIY ethic, and a few things about what it's like to be a 43 year old trying to survive in that environment.
This Place Is Awesome is Smith’s first book. Packed with comical stories, in- sightful reflections, and a selection of his highly-regarded photographs, it brings new perspective and a splash of cold reality to the rock bio/tour diary genre.
Available now!
Online from:
Amazon.com as a Print Edition or Kindle eBook
Barnes & Noble as a Print Edition or Nook eBook
lulu.com as a Print Edition
Apple iBookstore for the iPad and iPhone
ReaderStore for the Sony eReader
Coming soon to the Kobo eReader.
The following retailers were all carefully chosen because they are excellent shops. Please consider visiting them (and tell them I sent you.)
In Vancouver, This Place Is Awesome is available as a numbered and signed print edition from the following independent record and bookstores:
Red Cat Records - 4332 Main Street [map]
Neptoon Records - 3561 Main Street [map]
Zulu Records - 1972 West 4th Avenue [map]
Bonerattle Music - 2012 Commercial Drive [map]
People's Coop Bookstore - 1391 Commercial Drive [map]
Blackberry Books - The Netloft Building, Granville Island [map]
Le Marche St George - 4393 St George Street [map]
In Ottawa, ON
Collected Works - 1242 Wellington Street West [map]
In Toronto, ON
Soundscapes - 572 College Street [map]
In London, UK
Rough Trade Shop - 130 Talbot Road (just off the Portobello Road) [map]
(They also do mail order.)
Or direct from the author, numbered, signed, and personalized http://www.adampwsmith.com/
